Very archaic computer question: DOS stuff

[Guest]

I have a file which I need to open, but I think it has to be read in DOS. Can someone tell me how to do it by using DOS Prompt?

When I open the program, It waits for me to typein a command, but I don't know any. What should I type in after:

C:\WINDOWS>_

?

 

[Guest]

 

[bknight2602]

I have a file which I need to open, but I think it has to be read in DOS. Can someone tell me how to do it by using DOS Prompt?

When I open the program, It waits for me to typein a command, but I don't know any. What should I type in after:

C:\WINDOWS>_

?

Go to Accessories, the DOS prompt is there.

 

[sexy-girl]

"dir" list directory
"cd" change directory
"cd\" change directory to root


use those 3 commands and when you find the directory your program is in just type its name and it will run

find out which directory you've put it in first in windows


edited to say don't type the "

 

[bknight2602]

"dir" list directory
"cd" change directory
"cd\" change directory to root


use those 3 commands and when you find the directory your program is in just type its name and it will run

find out which directory you've put it in first in windows


edited to say don't type the "

And if you have any spaces in the names, you need to enclose everything in quotation mark.

 

[Guest]

 

[Guest]

what location is the file in

The file is in immidiately after C drive.

sexy-girl, I just typed in dir and it gave me a shit load of directories, but I can't scroll up and down so most of them are off screen.

 

[bknight2602]

Do a dir/p

 

[Guest]

Do a dir/p

I did, and the file is not there.

 

[sexy-girl]

does the file have a long file name ... dos prompt will reduce the file name to 8 letters (i think its 8 anyway)

 

[Guest]

 

[bknight2602]

does the file have a long file name ... dos prompt will reduce the file name to 8 letters (i think its 8 anyway)

It is 8 characters with a tilde ~ at the end. That is why the quatation marks need to added doing commands, takes care of spaces also.

CV do a dir *"part of file name"*."then the extension like exe or com"

 

[Guest]

I think I've found it. It's an initiate/initialise file.

So, I typed in the file name, but it told me it's a bad command.

 

[bknight2602]

I think I've found it. It's an initiate/initialise file.

So, I typed in the file name, but it told me it's a bad command.

If it is not an executable command, ie exe or com extension, you'll get that error. It is looking for some other program to open and have access to the commands in the file.

What is the full name of the file including the extension?

 

[Guest]

nasty-porn.avi.000

 

[bknight2602]

that sounds like a media player or real player type file. Try saving it as nasty-porn.avi and then use either player. might work.

 

[ShamelessFlirt]

no no no no no


It sounds like it's part of a spanned archive. In any case, windows can handle dos files. If it were text, notepad could open it. You shouldn't have to go to dos for anything.

 

[bknight2602]

But it is an avi file dos won't handle it

 

[Guest]

Well, usually when there are numbers after .avi or .mpg, as in NP01.avi.000 - NP05.avi.005, 000 file is .dat, and if I click on it, it opens DOS and combine and decode automatically.

This one, however, is not .dat and my puter does not recognise it. I can attempt to open it, but don't know by using which program. WMP2 doesn't work, BTW.

 

[ShamelessFlirt]

Try opening it with a hex viewer, you should see some indication of the program it wants to be associated with.

In my experience, when you create an archive and want it to be a specific size so you can span it across disks, it puts the 000 extension on the resulting files, file.000 file.001 etcera

Good luck

 

[bknight2602]

It may be corrupted, just a thought.

 

[Bob_Bytchin]

The .000 could be either a file you need to recombine with HJSplit....or it's a compressed file that has been spanned.

In porn ripping, they split up a movie into dozens of parts with the program HJSplit. Then, after you download the files, you recombine them with HJSplit. The porn rippers also use either WinRAR or WinACE to span movies over multiple files. The .000, .001, .002 etc.... are usually WinACE files

 

[Guest]

I don't have any problem with the rippers, usually. My Outlook Express can hundle and combine/decode without probs, except the ones with .avi/.mpg.000 files. HJSplit is a program I have to download, isn't it?

Another thing. When the ripper is in effect, it always has only one attachment. (i.e. the very first post. e.g NP001.mpg)

The file I'm having trouble is has attachments on all the posts. Outlook cant conbine/decode them.

Finally, I opened .000 file with notepad and it contains just one line:

Nasty-~1.AVI+X+=XX+XX+=XX !XXXX

NB, X=a letter I don't know how to rype in.

 

[District Line]

It may be part of a larger video file that has been split, as SF and BB have pointed out.

However, to check that it is in fact a video file or that it has not been corrupted, do as bknight recomended and save it as an .avi file. Windows will give you a warning but do it anyway, you can always change back.

Then run media player to check. If this does not work, while it still has the .avi extension try:

highlight file
right click
properties
preview
play icon

If you can't run it, you may be lacking a particular codec or you may have to download the complete set of split files and rejoin them.

 

[Bob_Bytchin]

I don't have any problem with the rippers, usually. My Outlook Express can hundle and combine/decode without probs, except the ones with .avi/.mpg.000 files. HJSplit is a program I have to download, isn't it?

Another thing. When the ripper is in effect, it always has only one attachment. (i.e. the very first post. e.g NP001.mpg)

The file I'm having trouble is has attachments on all the posts. Outlook cant conbine/decode them.

Finally, I opened .000 file with notepad and it contains just one line:

Nasty-~1.AVI+X+=XX+XX+=XX !XXXX

NB, X=a letter I don't know how to rype in.

Hello?....a "ripper" is a person. Someone who captures a movie with video capture hardware, compresses it, splits it up into parts, and then uploads it to file storage sites.

Download HJSplit, and try combining the movie. Just run the program, and find the first file in the sequence...either .000 or .001 , and then let the program recombine the movie.

If that doesn't work, then download the program WinACE from Winace.com and try the same thing.

HJSplit splits a movie into numerous pieces "as is", and WinACE splits up a file into numerous pieces and "spans" them.

Totally different creatures.